California's respiratory virus season is ramping up, prompting officials to renew their calls for residents to get vaccinated in hopes of reducing pressure on hospitals.
The San Francisco Bay Area fared better during the COVID-19 pandemic than many other populated areas thanks in part to early stay-at-home orders, mask mandates and high uptake of vaccines, experts suggest.
Amid the winter respiratory virus season, a shot approved to combat respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, for infants and toddlers is proving hard to come by.